The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1901, Page 14

14 DEPLORES NEED OF SOAP BOXES Grand Jury Condemns Use of Ancient Desks in Schools. R0 Finds Cause for Caustic Ref- erence to Methods in Police Courts. d Jury which was impaneled Presiding Judge Frank H. completed its labors yesterday its fina! report. Judge Dunne s for their services and ¢ the Grand Jury says that the usual eighteen y six were named, in order at_the work might be more concentrat- -six meetings were heid, five eve returned, eight cases and a number of cases ed were not considered. compl of various considered and disposed of. v: iticize Police Courts. nt which We regret that politi- been such as to stand in and efficient ‘dispensation i t minal ciesses. 2 ut the slowness of ac- d” the apparent in- in many cases have appeaied 10 to take up iong o the Police und that the parties were de- these gepart.ents. come Such de- befae many Grand Id be conducted so all the people all - s is requested to ‘'re- ing licenses to so-called ath- h are in fact schools for pro- Legitim:ie athletic clubs smpport. The Su- tha. the encourage- is injucious to the best and the class of not be made welcome here. on is_given to the d of iven of the reporss and ex- A ions arc made as the Peace the that they should re- ces all day and not prac- s while holding_office. the School Department TUse Soap Boxes. —one school bufldings, hundreds of teach- ted the bulldings, *—a much more care astomary. d upon to teach a be avoided, as the best fesults the teachers seems o many studies for the larger the class the less ir work In no case should a called upon to teach more than fifty class, and the number should be forty whenever possibie. buildings have heen 80 often con- private that it seems a natos e city; a cantinual tax upon alike. In many cases the hances call for immediate atten- ms for escape in case of fire inadequate. ks and seats should be done laced by modern ones, and should be adapted to the We saw children carrying and candle boxes into school in something upon which to rest Those who are not so provided must torture. praise and suggestions as to of the various offices of the is embraced in the report. ) alen Asylum comes in for a »ecial measure of commendation and the lice Judges are recommerded to send more unfortunate girls th TLACE OF CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR IS NOT FILLED Civil Service Commission Fails to Re- port List of Eligibles to the Board of Health. A special meeting of the Board of Healta was held yesterday afternoon to Chief Sanitary Inspector to cceed Dr. W. P. Chalmers. There was mewhere. The il Service failed 0 certify the names bles from whah the h might make a choice. e weeks ago the commission e names of those wio had he examination. Dr. Chalmers, bent, was the lowest. Later W made on the_ com- names of three cligiblesz select one, but the Civil on was not ready to re- £ to the statement made by tary of Health Board, he “place is now vacant. The rest of the list of temporary em- i with the three Board of He: Abo: th t ¢ core a was again adopted ~ :Khl)v!\'_ver was substi- atron in the Emergenc: - piace of Miss Brown T rd g C Bervice Commission also ‘ no- ed the Health Board that the appoint- of George A. Connolly as clerk w. approved, as the commission though. slace ought to be filled by some one =t of eligible clerks. Police Wittman was appointed airmazship of the Commitiee on ts and Nuisances of the Health d the resignation of John Cade- ori as night watchman at the Alms- e was accented. —_—— Can Go Where She Pleases. The writ of habeas corpus applied for Judge Cook’s court in connection w’'th Hannzh Shimozune, the nine-year-old .;ipanese actress, ucge yestérday and the little girl aliowed to go with whom she pieases. ° ed f al in s t has had our severest | Police Courts and the | are forbiddn in other citles | Public- Works. | was dismissed by the | | | | | Many of them | | | 1 | | | ! | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL NEW SCHEDULE OF OIL RATES MAKES PRODUCERS JUBILANT Railroad Commissioners Decide Against Defendant HE “oil people,” for such the producers of the valley ofl fields have been calléd, have won an- cther victory over the combined railroads, the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe. In a decislon signed by Rallroad Commissioners Laumeister and Edson the rehearing of the case of Le Blanc vs. the Southern Pacific et al. was finally congluded yesterday. A new schedule of rates has been established and these rates are even fairer to the oil men than those established by the re- duction made by the commission last year. - The rate as originally established By the Southern Pacific Company was 42 cents per barrel from Bakersfield to San Francisco. Complamt after -complaint poured into the Kallroad Commission on account of _the exorbitant charge, and when John Le Blanc filed his charges the case came up for a hearing. After an investigation, conducted by the railroad attorneys on one side and Frank H. Short, the rcpresentative of the oil men on the other, the commission reduced the rate from 42 cents per barrel to 37.5 cents. Then came the rehearing because the Southern Pacific, this time reinforced by the Santa Fe, claimed to have new evi- dence. The new evidence was heard and a new schedule resulted. The old switch- ing rates on the spur track, a bone of contention, received the heaviest shock. They were cut in two. As in the former decision, Laumeister and Edson voted for reduction. Blackstock demurred, though | he was in favor of a slight reduction in the switching rates. New Schedule of Rates. The new schedule of rates is' embodied in the decision, which is as follows: On ‘all shipments .where the. distance .from the point of shipment to the point of consign- ment is 100 miles or less, a maximum rate of seven and one-half (73) cents per 100 pounds { €hall be charged: for all shipments where the distance from the point of shipment to' the point of consignment is over 100 miles and less than 200 miles, & maximum rate of .nine and one-half (8%) cents per 100 pounds shall be “harged: for all shipments where the distance from the polnt of shipment to the point of con- signment ie 200 miles or over and not exceeding 375 miles a maximum rate of eleven and one- third cents (111-3) per 100 pouhds shall be charged, provided, also, that where the distance from the point of shipment to the point of con- signment on such roads exceeds 375 miles an ad- ditional charge of eight (.00%) mills per ton per mile for each mile over such 375 miles may be charged and collected. Provided, alse, that for shipments of such crude petroleum over all lines of railroad ex- tending over the Tehachapl Mountains*and connecting the city of Los Angeles and the city of Bakersfield and between said cities in duplicated by, any other maker. Missce’ Sizes, Chlidrzn’s Sizzs, SOROI] TRADE MARX - THE BEST SHOE FOR WOMEN. Nome genuine without the Sorosis lebsl. Ladies’ boots and shoes for every requirement of weather-or climate or dress. Made of finest selected Leathers by skilled work- men—on scientifically designed lasts. Thes: lasts are made in th: forosis fa:tory, and when se'ected by a purchaser are reserved for her particular uss. $3.50 per pair, Misses’ and Children’s Shoes and Boots. For school or dress cccasions. These are made on similar lasts to the Ladies’, are fashionable in appearance, hygienic in desion, and with the correct shaping to per- fect the form of the foot while growing. 115 to 2, £3.00 per ¢ 8 toll,$25) * TRl 50 THIRD STREET, San Francisco O They cennot be F TERARS THE CLEVER ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED THE OIL MEN THEIR FIGHT BEFORE THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS TO SE- CURE REDUCED RATES FROM THE KERN RIVER DISTRICT. Corporations Upon the R.ehearing. AW \WWAW A AY i VA4 WA N s 2 %, Sl \/ N/ ® N A A IN —— having many heavy grades and-curves, the de- fendants or efther or any of them operating such line or-lines of road -or over the-same betweer said two citles in addition to the charge hereinbefore permitted and allowed.may charge and collect an additional charge or amount ofg nine and one-half (.0085) mills per ton pef mile for transporting such ofl over said line or lines of road or any part of the same. And all rates | of transportation by the defendants or either or any of them, within the State of Callfornia, in excess of the rates herein fixed and provided for are declared and adjudged to be excessive and unreasonable, and the rates of transporta- | tion hereinbefore ordered and provided, as above stated, are, ~ the _conditions and difficulties of such transportation | considered,, hereby declared to . be fair, | reasonable and just rates to be charged and | collected for the transportation of crude pe- | troleum ofl within the State of California from; points of shipment to points of consignment, and the-rates -herein provided for are fixed and declared to be the maximum rate that may be or can becharged 6r collected by the defendants or efther of them for. the transportation of crude petroleum oil within_ the State of California, as ebove ordered and. provided, and the said defendants are each expressly commanded not to charge and are ordered and directed not to charge, exact or collect any rate of transporta- tation In excess of the rates herein fixed and provided. 5 The rates herein provided for as aforesald shall apply to shipments in- carload lots, and the defendants shall receive and ship the same in such carload lots when offered in that quan- tity. The minimum weights of such carload lots shall be the capacity.of-the car in which such petroleum is shipped. Switching Charges Cut. In relation to the charge complained of in the complaint for transportation over that certain switch or spur track describéd in the com- plaint and answer, and extending- from the main line of road operated by the Southern Pacific Company from the town of Bakersfleld or Kern City on sald main line into what is known as the Kern River Oil District, and for which it ‘is alleged in the complaint’ pnd ad- mitted in the answer, a spur or switch charge of 31-3 cents per barrel from Ofl City on said spur. track and of 4 3-3 cents per barrel from -Ylupolnu on sald spur track more distant from sald main line than said Oil City, is charged and exacted by said defendant. It appears from the evidence that the defendant, the Southern Pacific Company, has entered into an agreement which is now {n force, with the de- fondant, the- Atchison, Topeka and'Santa Fe Company, whereby for all ofl to be used by. the sald railroad company last named:a charge of only 1 cent per barrel for the use of sald spur track or switch from any_point thereon to 4d main line is charged and coflected, the said | tehison, To) and Santa Fe Rallroad Com- pany, furnishing its own cars, such_cars are not furnished by other shippers.. The sald charge of 1 cent per barrel, under the circum- stances, is a discrimination in_ favor of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rallroad Com- pany as against all other users of petroleum oll in the State of California, and it appearing to this board that such chatge of 31-3 and 423 cents per barrel, respectively, is a dis- criminating, excessive and unreasonable charge and that the charge hereinafter allowed and fixed s a falr, just and reasonable one. Now, therefore, it is ordered, That the charge for such switch or spur track into the sald Kern River Oll District be and the same is hereby reducgd, from ‘the rate aforesaid and is hereby fixed At 'the following rate, to-wit: ‘'For - fransporting ofl over said switch or spur track from the point called Ofl City there- on and from all intermediate points to the main line or lines of road ofesaid defendants, a max. imum charge of two dollars and fifty’ cents (3250) per car may be charged and collected " therefor, and lm{ all points on sald switch or spur-track more/ distant from safd lines than said Ofl City (scfnetimes called switch No. 17), a meximum charge of three dollars and nWy cents (33 50) per car may be charged and col- lected, and the said defendants owning and operafing sald switch or spur track are or- this State, -said line or lines of .road being [ dered and directed to recelve crude petroleum especially difficult and expensive to operate, | oil at all or any points on sald switch or spur track and to receive, charge and collect a maxi- mum rate or amount of two dollars and fifty cents (§2 50) and three dollars and fifty cents ($3 50) per car for transporting the same over said switch or spur track, espectively, as afoe- sald, for each car of petroleum so transported, and '1s commanded and prohibited from exact- ing, charging or collecting any other or greater amount for shipments of petroleum over said Kern River switch or spur track.” Short Is Satisfied. Frank H. Short was well satisfled over the decision. In an interview yesterday he said: The reduction made, while not a radical one, 15 acceptable. to the,oil interest. The reduc: tion in the switching charge is of great direct benefit, and is not complicated by. any tech- nical or legal questions. It {s unnecessary to say that I am highly gratified under tre circumstances. It s not so much the immediate questicn involved as the confldence of the. people in the efficiency of the tourts and public tribunals. The people are disposed to draw too hasty and unwar- ranted -corcluslons. The rehearing, for in- stauce, while apparently adverse to the ofl men, nas resulted in positive good. It is my sincere hope that the companies involved will acquiesce’ in the decielon. It certainly cannot be seriously claimed that the order operates unjustly to them. They have transported ofl in large quantities from Los Angeles to San Francisco over the Tehachapi mountains for less than 52 cents per barrel, and they admit that it is more diffioult to transport it from Los Angeles to Bakersfleld than from Bakersfield to San Francisco. It follows that they have voluntarily transported oll from Bakersfleld to San Francisco at the equivalent of twenty-six (26) cents per barrel, To say, therefore, thatfan enforced rate of thirty-seven (37) cents and a little over per barrel is unjust or deprives them of profits is_not debatable. It is to be hoped that litigation will not fol- low, because it can only result in bitterness and' loss to all interested. The Railroad Commigsion has been in exist- ence more than twenty-one years; it is cer- tainly entitled at some stage of its- existence to exert some rights and exerclse some con- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1901, GETTING READY FOR CAMPAIGN Convention of the State League Republi- can Clubs. Thousands of Delegates to trol. The railroads ought to understand their own business, and my judgment in such mat- 1 may be worth nothing or nearly so, but ts, business and profits, not litigation, ht to be sought and obtained. ‘e are prosperous—that is everybody but the’ oll men, and they ought to be. We ought not to fight, bicker and contend. We ought to be willing ‘to_give and recelve, advance all industries and interests. velogmam of ofl has proven of greater benefit to.the railroads than any other one event in the State's history. They ought, I think, and 1 hope Wil accept the proceeding in the spirit in which it has been prosecuted; only to obtain yrithout{igstice to anybody, the best results for all. - We greatly need a sense of just con- trol in California; any pretense of actual hard. ship or-loss under existing conditions could only be technical, and as a general claim is preposterous ‘on its face, and would be vigor- ously combated. We ought to co-operate and submit our -disputes to the regular tribunals, and then have an end of it. I have not sought or attempted anythi beyond what seemed plainly right. Obviously I could not have ob- tained more than what was right it I had tried. The Commissioners patiently and intelligently examined into the matter and rendered what dectsion. I hope it will be acquiesced in and that the befiefltl will be shared hly all Industries. n, railroads are eacl saving more than a million dollars a vear as a direct re- sult of the oil development, and will continue to do so_under the order. The disposition of the railroad compa- nies is not to submit to the ‘commission’s decision. Herrin in his argument inti- mated that if the ruling went against the Southern Pacific an injunction would be The Santa Fe disposed. - asked from the courts. Company is likewise | gramme or look to a yellow newspaper of Meet April Next in San Jose. Alden Anderson, president of the State League of Republican Clubs, is in the city. He will soon call for a meeting of the executive committee of the league, so that the date of holding the h‘efll:ll&l State convention at San Jose may be des- ignated in ample time to make arrange- ments for a great Republican demonstraz tion. At Los Angeles in 1900 San Jose was chosen as the city in which the convention of 1902 should assemble and the executive committee was authorized to fix the time. President Anderson has recently con- sulted with leading members of the com- mittee in San Francisco and elsewhere and ascertained that some time early in April would be acceptable to a majority of the clubs. The main idea is to desig- nate some week when farmers and work- ers in other fields of industrial activity may be able to leave their accustomed places of toil to render their country and the party a patriotic service. It is esti- mated that 3000 young and progressive Californians of Republican faith will at- tend the convention and assist in the opening of the State campaign of 1002. It is essential also that the citizens of San Jose shall have ample time to arrange for proper reception of the delegates and provgde facilities for the important work of the convention. Great Event in Los Angeles. The meeting at Los Angeles in 1900, when Alden Anderson was chosen president in recognition of his clear record and dis- tinguished services, was a great event in Southern California and awakened inter- est in the Republican cause throughou the State. The demonstration next April in San Jose may surpass all previous rec ords of attendance and enthusiasm. It is expected that every Republican club in_California will be represented. The constitution of the league forbids the endorsement of any aspirant for of- fice, but the convention may proclaim principles and express its judgment on the great issues of the day. It may be re- corded as a fact that the convention will express the sentiment of the people of California on the vital question of Chinese | exclusion, and it goes without saying that the gag law will not be invoked to sup- press free speech and neither will tele- grams from eminent Republican members of Congress be garbled at the direction of the chairman. The presiding officer of the convention will not acqept a pro- Democratic_tendencies for advice and in struction. It can be safely predicted, also, that the convention will not appoint four Democrats on _a committee of five to im- press upon a Republican Congress and a Republican President the necessity of re- enacting the exclusion law. Flint Arrives From Mexico. Thomas Flint Jr., President of the Cali- fornia Senate, and a well known aspirant for the first place on the Republican State ticket of 1902, arrived in the ecity yesterday from Mexico. During a recent sojourn in Southern California Mr. Flint recelved many assurances of personal friendship and promises of political sup- port from leading public men of the south. State Senator Willlam M. Cutter of Yuba is In the city. He understands that Judge Edward Sweeney of Shasta and Judge John F. Ellison of Tehama are candidates for the Supreme Bench. The | Senator fancies that the Republican Stte | Convention would make no mistake in | establishing an order of business whici would permit judicial nominations to be made first. There is talk among local politicians | that Tax Collector-elect E. J, Smith has selected James Simpson. for chief clerk in the tax office. It is also gossip that John | E. McDougald, Treasurer-elect, will ap- | point T. L. Doran Chief Deputy Treas- urer. ‘W. F. Herrin recelved another backset yesterday when the Rallroad Commission refused to recede from its former decision to reduce tolls on ofl shipments. Herrin hoped to pull down Edson or Laumeister and thus obtain a reversal of the board’s | former decision. It is now obvious to the | dullest of politiclans that Herrin is a “‘has been.” Mrs. Kingsley Returns. Mrs. Clara Kingsley, for whom much anxiety was felt by friends and relatives, returned this morning on one of the early boats. The lady fortunately missed the San Rafael and returned, staying with friends in_San Francisco over Sunday. | She was the last of the Sausalito people | on the sunken vessel to be accounted for. The body of George T. Treadway, the walter who perished, has not yet been re- | covered and his_widow still remains in | San Francisco. It is now believed that | Treadway's body is held-by the wreck age at the bottom of the bay. When he was helped to the upper deck and left in the cabin he was able to walk, although he iimped, and those who deserted him | thcught him able to care for himself. —_——— Christmas number of Sunset Magazine now out. Artistic pictures of California | and-the West. Just the thing for East- ern friends. Published by Southern Pa- | cific passenger department; for sale by | all news dealers. Contents; ‘“The Cross | of Golden Gate” (poem), Charles S, | ‘Aiken; ‘Christmas In Mexlico, the City of | Delights,” J. Torrey Connor; “Legend of | the Mission Dolores” (poem), Ella M. | Sexton; “Luther Burbank—Man, Methods and Achievements,” Prof. Edward J. Wickson; ““Garden of the Willow-Pattern Plate,”” Irene Connell; “The North Wind' (poem), Clarence Urmy; “Winter at El Montecito” . (poem), arriet Winthrop ‘Waring; “Carnations by the Sea,” Ednah Robinson; “In_the Drifts of the Dem- shar’’ (story), Warren Cheney; “The Tri- ennial Convention—A Retrospect,” H. Robert Braden; Pasadena’s Flower Fes: val. ————— Will Distill Alcohol, The Union Distillerles Company has been organized and incorporated for the purpose, of distilling a high grade alcohol from _‘black-strap,” a by-product of sugar beets that have passed through re- finery process. This 1s a new line of industry in the United States and the Union Distilleries Company will be the ploneer establish- ment. It s the intention of the directors to construct a plant either in South San Francisco or on the line of railroad be- tween Oakland and Porta Costa. The di- rectors are: H. Brunner, George W. Bower, D, D. Young, Gustave Woerner, W. A. Freder- icks and J. M. Taylor. S RS AR Horrible Death of Apprentice Boy. R. Bacor, a machinist’s apprentice, 15 years old, residing with his parents at Treat avenue, was Instantly killed yesterday afternoon In the works of the American Can Company, at 324 Fremont street. The boy had been sent up a lad- der to arrange the belting around a shaft while the machinery was in motion and his jumper caught in the revolving shaft- ng. e was whirled around and his skull broken. The Coroner will hold an inquest. —_——— Store Closed. The Monarch will sell to-day men’s $2.50 hats for $ cts. To-morrow the store will be closed and open Thursday with a boom. There will be on sale 2500 men's all-wool suits and overcoats worth 1 $4 15. Also furnishing goods at 2 e‘tl.lx on the dollar. The same with hats. All must go. A band of music will be in attendance. Everything to open the sale Hoperly on Thursday morning at the onarch, 915 Market st., opposite Mason.* e Six Months for Stealing Sacks. ¢ Frank Donnelly, who was arrested Sat- urday while In the act of stealing sacks from W. F. Laumeister, a‘drayman, was convicted by Judge Fritz yesterda; the c:lmr‘fut of petty lucezxy. Hoy as gentences 0 six months in th C '?-S s e Jall, as he 13 an old offender,. S = ‘OPYAIGNT 1968 SYTHE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. CINGINNATH 3 SWEET RESTORERS. EEP cannot be imitated except in appearance, neither can Ivory Soap. There are other white soaps that look like Ivory Soap, this is a penalty which it pays for its great success. But you are not deceived, there is only one Ivory, the others are imitations of its perfections, 994% PER CENT. PURE INSPECTORS WILL SOON INVESTIGATE THE WRECK Commuters Are Clamoring for Greater Pro- tection Against Collision. y O FAR no new names have been added to the list of those known to have been lost through the sinking of the ferryboat San Ra- fael on last Saturday night. One Sacramento man has been reported as missing and his relatives fear, though 1 they do not know, that he was aboard the San Rafael. Willlam G. Crandall, George T. Treadway and Cyrus A. Waller are the only ones known to have been lost. Rumors have been circulating freely of many missing men and women, but all have proved untrue. Men whose friends were suré that they left on the ill-fated boat caught earlier ones and dropped off the connecting trains at their various sta- tions. From many of these stations in- formation was flashed over the wire yes- terday of the safety of those whose anx- iqus friends and relatives had in their fear | given them up as lost. The first chapter of the wreck story has closed. The next will open with the in- vestigation of the accident by the United States Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Cap- tains McKenzie and Tribble cling fast to their original stories about signals and they will have the opportunity to explain the first and the last of the accident in regular proceedings. Until then the story of the disaster itself will rest. Alexander Hall of Sacramento is miss- ing. His relatives have tried unavail- ingly to locate him and they fear that he was a passenger on the San Rafael the night she sank. ‘The wreck has stirred up the commut- ers on both sides of the bay. All are | clamorous for greater protection against collision. Schemes there are a plenty to prevent future disasters. ' This is a sub- Ject which the railroad companies will have to consider in the near future, if only for their own protection. On all the ferry-boat lines traffic has fallen off since Saturday night, because of the fear of accident in the fog. MAY HAVE GONE DOWN WITH THE SAN RAFAEL Disappearance of Alexander Hall, a ‘Wealthy Farmer, Living Near Sacramento. Alexander Hall, a well known and wealthy farmer living near Sacramento, has been missing since Saturday, and it is now thought he went dewn with the | negses will be summoned. including Cap- Sacra- | steamer San Rafael. Hall left mento at 1 o'clock Saturday to visit his | friend Patrick Cassidy at San Rafael, and he was to take the boat for that place at 6:15 o'clock. His disappearance lends color to the bellef that he fell a victim to the disaster which shocked the entire State. Alexander Hall was well known in this city. His cousin, Robert Cassidy, a track- man, lives at 114 Lily avenue. Patrick Cassidy, a brother of Robert, lives at San Rafael, where he conducts a draying busi- ness. it was to see the latter that Hall made the trip from Sacramento to this city Saturday, arriving just in time to make the 6:15 boat for Sausalito. Robert Hall, a son of the supposed vic- tim of the bay disaster, arrived here on the hunt for his missing father yester- day. He was joined during the day by Patrick Cassidy, and all of the emergency hospitals were visited. No traces of the missing man were discovered. The two searchers went to San Rafael last night in the hope of finding some clew as to his Whereabouts in that section, If indeed, he is_still alive. Robert Cassidy said Jast night: I do not doubt that Hall went down with the San Rafael. He was to take that boat on her last trip, and the fact that he has not been heard from since leavink Sacramento co vinces me that he was a pass on the 1 fated vessel. Had he not been, he would ce tainly have shown up and made his where- abouts known to his family. He was always very particular about acquainting his wife and children_of his movements while away from home. He intended to visit his wife, who is il in a sanitarium at Livermore, not been seen ther This convinces us th ing somewhere in a condition which preven him from communicating with his wife or son. Hall was about 5 years of age, over six feet tall, and of slender build. He had bright eyes, set deep in their sockets; his face was thin and complexion ruddy. He wore a mustache and close-cro; hair, tinged with gray. He was a man of wealth, and well liked by all who knew him. Every care is being taken to kee the news of his disappearance a ucn% from his sick wife. —_— SAUSALITO RESUMES OLD Passengers A;;A.ll'Am!mtod JFor and Excitement Over Wreck Dies Out. SAUSALITO, Dec. 2—The sinking of the ferry-boat San Rafael still continues to be the chief topic of conversation, but the strain of uneasiness that marked the passing of yesterday, when all the passengers had not been accounted for, has entirely subsided. The ferryboat J. M. Donahue, of the San Francisco ahd North Pacific line, was secured to take the place of the ili-fated vessel and come menced regular trips early this morning. Captain McKenzle has assumed of the Donahue and he will contm command until the company can make provision for a new boat of its own. The captain was exhausted by the excitement of the last two days and the accompany- ing loss of sleep, so he turned the c! rge of the boat over to First Mate.Johnson at noon and went to his home to rest for me,rgnalndar of th; day. . D. Lindsay, who has local telephone uu:n, rwnvg .rom: | able service with the ald of his assist- ant, Miss F. Wosser, during the rush for conversation over the wires. An idea of the amount of business transacted may be realized when the records of the com- pany show that more than 500 out-of- town switches were made and nearly 1000 local switches. The average of out-of- town switches is between twenty and thirty in the same length of time. . SAN RAFAEL MAY HAVE SUNK IN FORTY FATHOMS Wreckers Give Their Opinions as to the Location of the Ferry- boat. Fhe wreckers were out looking for the remains of the San Rafael yesterday, but none of them have any hopes of locating her bones, let alone raising the vessel. Diver Roach says she is somewhere near* the City of Chester, while Captain White- law is of thegopinion that she is some- where in' the Wicinity of the place where the Rio sank. He said yesterday: There was a strong flood tide running at the time of the collision. The current would carry the steamer down toward Lime Point. Accord- ing to the best Information she floated for twenty-five minutes, and must, therefore, have sunk on the edge of the fifteen-fathom bank. If she escaped that and was carried further to sea she is in forty fathoms of water and not & thing will ever be recovered from her. CORONER EDEN WILL ASK CAPTAINS TO EXPLAIN Crandall Inquest to Be Made Basis of Investigation Into San Rafael Wreck. SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 2—The inquest upon the body of W. G. Crandall, who met his death on the San Rafael in the bay disaster, will be made the occasion for a searching investigation of the acei- dent by Coroner Eden of this county. To- day the Coroner summoned the following jurors: M. Cavanaugh, Owen Casey, L. A. Lan- cel, E. S. Baker, C. P. Ware, Peter Brune, P. Ross, B. W. Studley, W. E. Robertson and B. Merritt. After viewing the remains In the Morgue the proceedings were adjourned until Monday. 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